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A TX VCO for WCDMA/EDGE in 90 nm RF CMOS

Andreani, Pietro LU ; Kozmin, Kirill ; Sandrup, Per ; Nilsson, Magnus and Mattsson, Thomas (2011) In IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits 46(7). p.1618-1626
Abstract
A VCO is implemented in an RF 90 nm CMOS process and covers the frequency range 2.55-4.08 GHz. Drawing 19 mA from 1.2 V, the phase noise at 20 MHz frequency offset from a 3.7 GHz carrier is -156 dBc/Hz, meeting the phase noise requirement for GSM/EDGE and SAW-less WCDMA transmitter after frequency division by 2 or by 4. A second version of the VCO covers an additional 4.90-5.75 GHz range, at the expense of a higher phase noise in the added band. In this way, all currently operational WCDMA/EDGE bands can be synthesized by a single VCO working at the double or quadruple of the desired band. A technique for shortening the transient response of the VCO during frequency tuning is also presented.
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Duplex frequency, EDGE, phase noise, radio frequency integrated, circuits, tuning range, voltage controlled oscillators, WCDMA
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IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
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46
issue
7
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1618 - 1626
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IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
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0018-9200
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10.1109/JSSC.2011.2144030
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English
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  author       = {{Andreani, Pietro and Kozmin, Kirill and Sandrup, Per and Nilsson, Magnus and Mattsson, Thomas}},
  issn         = {{0018-9200}},
  keywords     = {{Duplex frequency; EDGE; phase noise; radio frequency integrated; circuits; tuning range; voltage controlled oscillators; WCDMA}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{7}},
  pages        = {{1618--1626}},
  publisher    = {{IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.}},
  series       = {{IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits}},
  title        = {{A TX VCO for WCDMA/EDGE in 90 nm RF CMOS}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JSSC.2011.2144030}},
  doi          = {{10.1109/JSSC.2011.2144030}},
  volume       = {{46}},
  year         = {{2011}},
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